Slow Down, Refine & Awaken: A Retreat

Join us in beautiful Mexico for a yoga retreat that will awaken your senses and renew your spirit. Not only will you have the option to partake in daily alignment-based vinyasa, but also the surrounding environment will offer unique healing that only nature can offer. This retreat is open to any yogi, or potential yogi, looking to unwind from the stressors of everyday life and return home feeling refreshed and focused.

Kristin teaches an alignment-based vinyasa class that borrows moving with breath from the Ashtanga tradition and precise alignment from the Iyengar system. The result is a focused practice that forces us to slow down, pay better attention, make better choices and thus act more skillfully — which, as the Bhagavad Gita says, is the definition of Yoga.

In this vein, each day will offer an in-depth look at the different families of yoga poses in accessible ways for participants of all levels. Days will begin with optional morning meditation and end with optional philosophy study.

This retreat includes:

• 7-nights accommodations
• Three delicious, vegetarian meals per day on-site at Prana del Mar
• Daily yoga practices
• Personal retreat time (having time to nap, explore, walk, read, and just be)
• Airport transfers between Prana del Mar and Los Cabos International airport (SJD) on April 30th and May 7th
• Full use of all resort amenities – including pool, hot tub, sauna, stone labyrinth, desert gardens, hammocks, and more
• All sales and hotel taxes

Does not include:

• Airfare
• Travel insurance (recommended)
• Optional excursions
• Optional spa services
• Airport transfers on alternate dates
• Meals off-site (on excursions)
• Alcoholic beverages
• Gratuities

Pricing
Double-occupancy: $2,695 per person
Single-occupancy: $3,095 per person

Paying your initial deposit of $350 will lock in your tuition rate and hold your space for the trip. A non-refundable $35 Payment Processing Fee will be added to the tuition rate upon registration. For technical questions or alternative payment options, please contact the retreat organizers.

Kristin Olson
Kristin’s yoga journey began at age 14 when she stumbled upon an Ali McGraw yoga video at Blockbuster. Since then she has been practicing for nearly 26 years and hopes to be practicing for decades more. She loves noticing how her own practice, and others’, ebbs and flows depending on different stages of life, yet always knowing the constant is a disciplined yoga practice, whether that is rigorous asana or quieting meditation.

Kristin’s teaching has been strongly influenced by internationally esteemed yoga teacher Natasha Rizopoulos, with whom she earned both her 200-hour and 500-hour Yoga Alliance-compliant teacher certificate. She has assisted Natasha with YogaWorks teacher trainings and at Kripalu Yoga Center continuously. This unique mentorship has allowed her to lead students through intelligent sequences with precise instruction. She has also studied regularly with revered master Iyengar yoga teacher Patricia Walden.

Kristin leads workshops and teacher trainings for beginner students as well as advanced practitioners. She is a contributing writer for Boston Yoga and LA Yoga magazine and writes a monthly column Poise dedicated to emphasizing the true essence of asana.

For more information and to register for this special, please see the retreat website.